New ABC redundancies the direct result of latest budget cuts
The axing of the Fact Check unit and other editorial redundancies at the ABC are the inevitable result of funding cuts in this month’s federal Budget.
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Live theatre devastated by Australia Council cuts
Australian theatre audiences, performers and stage crews are facing a bleak future as the Federal Government’s drastic arts funding cuts start to bite, says the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance.
Resolutions passed by MEAA members at Fairfax Sydney, May 10, 2016
Resolution passed by staff at Fairfax Metros during a stopwork meeting in Sydney on May 10, 2016:
We, the staff of the Sydney and Melbourne editorial news floors want to recognise the decades of experience that are walking out the door. We are disgusted that the company did not take all the steps it could to minimise these job losses, and has broken hearts ...
Adele Ferguson – on protecting whistleblowers
Adele Ferguson’s keynote address to the 2016 Press Freedom Australia Dinner, Sydney, May 6 2016.MEAA’s 2016 Press Freedom Australia report
MEAA’s report into the state of press freedom in Australia in 2016: Criminalising the Truth, Suppressing the Right to Know is available to download here.
